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Dhaka protest over writer’s death in jail Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested for making comments on social media that criticised the Sheikh Hasina govt’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic AP | Dhaka | Published 27.02.21, 01:38 AM
Protesters blocked a busy intersection in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to protest against the death in prison of a writer and commentator who was arrested on charges of violating the sweeping digital security law, which critics say stifles freedom of expression.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested in Dhaka in May last year for making comments on social media that criticised the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been denied bail at least six times. It was
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There is widespread anger in Bangladesh over the death in prison of a dissident writer arrested last year under the Digital Security Act (DSA), which critics say stifles freedom of speech.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, died on Thursday in the high-security Kashimpur jail in Gazipur district, 32km (20 miles) from the capital Dhaka.
The cause of death was not immediately clear. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday ordered an investigation into the incident.
Protesters in Dhaka, angry over Ahmed’s death, demonstrate against the Digital Security Act [Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera]Ahmed was arrested on May 6 last year under the DSA for his social media comments allegedly criticising the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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